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Mister Rogers: Saving the Universe one Neighborhood at a Time

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Mister Rogers
Photo by Ckirkman

Real Name: Frederick McFeely Rogers
Aliases: Mister Rogers.
Identity: Known by children and neighbors throughout the universe.
Citizenship: Has dual citizenship on planet Earth and the Neighborhood of Make Believe.
Occupation: Television host, song writer, presbyterian minister, puppeteer.
Group Affiliation: PBS
Education: Studied at Dartmouth College and then transferred to Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. He received a BA in music composition in 1951, and has 40 honorary degrees.
First Appearance: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood began airing in 1968

History: A distinguished member of some Make Believe civilization, Frederick McFeely Rogers was born on Asteroid 26858 Misterrogers. His galaxy was in danger of imploding, because the gravitational pull of the highly dense cardigan sweater matter was reaching critical mass. Frederick Rogers was sent on a mission by his home planet with King Friday XIII to spread cardigan sweaters across the universe, bringing gravitational equilibrium back to his home galaxy.

On March 20, 1928, Rogers was showing Kind Friday XIII how to blow bubbles wtih Liquid Detergent. In an erroneous water to soap ration calculation, soap spilled all over the spaceship’s navigation control causing a crash landing on the nearest planet able to sustain cardigan based life. That planet, was planet Earth. On this planet Frederick Rogers would only be known as Mister Rogers. Some scientists believe that his first and middle name were burned in Earth’s atmosphere when his spaceship, Skuttlebutt, crash landed. The day of this crash landing would later be considered Mister Rogers’ Earthday birthday.

The cosmic force of Mister Rogers’ sweater forced a Pennslyvania family, with the same last name, to adopt him immediately. His new family taught him the fundamentals of puppetry and music, as well as play the piano and sing. After college, Mister Rogers later became a member of PBS, the Public Broadcasting Station, where he began his most famous television show, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. This was after his first attempt at entertaining children with his hour long show Lets Stare at Sweaters, which was canceled 20 mintues into the airing of the first episode.

Soon Fred Rogers would find a special trolley train that, when coupled with his singing ability, had enough power to warp Mister Rogers between Earth and his home galaxy, the Make Believe Neighborhood astroid belt. This connection between the two worlds allowed Mister Rogers to store enough cardigan sweaters in his closet on Earth to restore cardigan balance, stopping his galaxy from imploding under its own cosmic cardigan energy.

Strength Level: At full power, Mister Rogers demonstrates class 10 stength and incredible stamina when wearing mom-made cardigan sweaters. He can pick up an inifinite amount of sweaters, and efficiently disperse them to those that need them. Hosting the longest running PBS show that includes 998 episodes is a testament to this.

Special Abilities: Has the ability to instantly make you his neighbor when he sings the song “Won’t you be my Neighbor.” It doesn’t matter if there is a house directly in between you and Mister Rogers. The electromegnetic force of the song will warp time and space such way that you will be his neighbor.

Mister Rogers can assume the identity of any neighbor in the Neighborhood of Make Believe world through special puppet metaphysics. He has been known to change his voice to perfectly mimic King Friday XIII and Queen Sara Saturday (named after his wife), rulers of the neighborhood, as well as X the Owl, Henrietta Pussycat, Daniel the Striped Tiger, Lady Elaine Fairchild (named for Fred’s sister, Elaine) and Donkey Hodie.

With zero dancing experience, Mister Rogers can simply touch your shoulder, and can download any break dancing abilities from your mind at furious speeds as shown is this episode. Within seconds, he can serve neighborhood villains crushing defeats with pop and lock action. You just got served.

Mister Rogers has the uncanny ability to remember to feed the goldfish at the end of every episode. With a simple flick of the wrist, he puts in the exact amount of food as to not cause a single particle of waste. The preciseness of his efficient fish feeding ability is constantly researched by car companies in hopes of one day producing a more efficient fish feeding vehicle.

The superior knitting ability of Mister Rogers’ Earth mother gives him fantastic rejuvenation powers that would make Wolverine jealous. Nobody knits faster than Mister Rogers’ mom. Nobody.

Mister Rogers’ shoes are made of a special make believe alloy that allows him to walk without making the slightest sound. He has been known to stop Rice Krispies from snap, crackle, and popping, while wearing these shoes.

Mister Rogers can scan the thoughts of any congressman or senator, and synthesize goosebumps on their skin using cardigan energy. His telepathic powers were used to save public television and the VCR from extinction while testifying in congress during his lunch break.